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Calkiní Municipality

Municipality in Campeche, Mexico

Field	Value
name	Calkiní
settlement_type	Municipality
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Campeche
image_shield	CalikiniEscudo.png
image_skyline	{{Photomontage
photo1a	Church at Calkiní, Calkiní Municipality, Campeche, Mexico.jpg
photo2a	Edificio Principal.JPG
photo2b	Black Mangroves - Flickr - treegrow (1).jpg
photo3a	Becal, Campeche (22237039591).jpg
photo3b	Church at Tepakán, Campeche, Mexico 3.jpg
spacing	2
position	center
color_border	white
color	white
size	280
foot_montage	Top: San Luis Obispo Church at Calkiní; Middle: Xcalumkin Archaeological Zone, Ría Celestun Biosphere Reserve; Bottom: Bécal town, San Bartolomé Temple at Tepakan
image_map	Calkini_en_Campeche.svg
map_caption	Location of Calkiní in Campeche.
population_as_of	2020
population_total	59,232
population_blank1_title	Seat
population_blank1	15,940
population_density_km2	auto
area_total_km2	2,097
leader_party	MC
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Milton Ulises Millán Atoche
leader_title1
subdivision_type2	Municipal seat and largest seat
subdivision_name2	Calkiní
timezone	CST
utc_offset	−6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	−5

Calkiní (Yucatec Maya: "throat of the sun") is one of the 13 municipalities in the Mexican state of Campeche. It is situated at the northern tip of the state, on the central western coast the Yucatán Peninsula. The municipal seat, and largest settlement, is the city of Calkiní.

Geography

The municipality of Calkiní borders to the west with the Gulf of Mexico, to the north and east with the state of Yucatán, and to the south with the municipality of Hecelchakán. It covers 1,966.57 km2.

Demographics

The 2020 census reported a population of 59,232 persons. Of these, 15,949 spoke one of several indigenous languages, predominantly Yucatec Maya.

As of 2020, the city of Calkiní had a population of 14,934. Other than the city of Calkiní, the municipality had 202 localities, the largest of which (with 2020 populations in parentheses) were: Dzitbalché (13,208), Bécal (6,801), Nunkiní (6,485), Bacabchén (3,128), classified as urban, and Santa Cruz Pueblo (2,286), San Antonio Sahcabchén (2,280), Tepakán (2,193), Santa Cruz Ex-Hacienda (1,421), and Tankuché (1,228), classified as rural.

Heritage

The Maya archaeological site of Can-Mayab-Mul is in Nunkiní.

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Calkiní Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

References

"Localities in Calkiní 2020-INEGI 2020".

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